Tag: 2014

Here is this evening’s Daily Run Down.

Recalls

• Toys R Us Recalls Remote-Controlled Helicopters Due to Fire and Burn Hazards

General News

• Watch the time-lapse beauty of San Francisco fog in Adrift
• Glendale City Council Hands Over $15 Million A Year To Keep Phoenix Coyotes In Town

International

• Mandela family feud angers South Africa
• Russia cited for illegal rendition
• Grandson loses Mandela grave case
• St Petersburg blast blows off mans hand Russian media
• Credit card donations to WikiLeaks flowing through Iceland again
• Tens of thousands in the streets as deadline arrives Morsi has vowed not to cede power
• Belgian King Albert II to step down in favor of son

Politics

• Texas House Committee Approves Abortion Rules – Well fuck them. It’s a woman’s right to choose.
• Snowden and a muzzled free press
• Indias New Surveillance Program Will Function Under A Law From The Colonial Era
• These charts show how the Edward Snowden story is overwhelming the NSA story

Obits

• Douglas C. Engelbart Inventor of the Computer Mouse Dies at 88

Health

• Painkiller Overdose Deaths Increase 400% in Women

Science/Space

• Star Trek on Pluto It Could Really Happen Scientists Say
• How Human Brains Could Be Hacked
• Hummingbird performs the fastest ever shimmy
• Scientists Fabricate Rudimentary Human Livers

Financial

• Whats behind Microsofts pending reorg

Gaming

• Mad Max will speak like an Aussie mate
• SimCity survey gauges interest in offline mode and bigger cities
• How Sunset Overdrive uses Xbox One cloud
• PS3 Vita dungeon crawler Warriors Lair canceled

Law

• Texas Trooper Shoves 74-Year-Old Then Arrests Her For Felony Assault When She Hits Him With Her Purse – WTF?
• U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement

Internet

• Netflix PBS Expand Programming Agreement for U.S. Canada

Mobile

• Finnish startup Adaia set to launch $1300 Android phone in 2014 – Okay… I’m not sure how many people will purchase it. But Give it a shot.

Rumors

• Report Samsung buys Boxee keeping on full staff

Software/Apps

• Vine For iPhone Receives

London/Britain/UK

• Sainsburys sorry to mobile user – I don’t think Sainsbury was in the wrong. It’s rude to be on the phone while checking out.
• Man and woman shot in London street
• Wales votes yes for opt-out organ donation
• Parents jailed over toddlers heroin death

Funny

• July 03 2013

Chicagoland

• Illinois Governor Sends Lax Gun Bill Back To Lawmakers With His Own Tougher Provisions
• Too Much Dog Poop Cancels Movies in the Park
• George Ryan Released From Home Confinement
• Ald. Mell retiring after nearly 4 decades in office

Total Number of stories: 40

Look for more stories tomorrow.